On 5/10/10 2:17 PM, TVirkkala wrote:
My ViewSonic is a great monitor . . .
'any'.
VGA is VGA is VGA, so any VGA compatible one is ok. Viewsonic does
make quite good monitors, so that's an excellent choice.
. . . but when I'd hooked it up to the VGA adapter off my iMac, its
visual quality was NOT great. Only when hooked up to DVI on my G5 tower
or off my MacBook Pro (where it is now) does it look OK.
If it's a G3 iMac then the VGA is mirroring the internal display and
that is limited in resolution to 1024x768. LCD displays "blur" pixels
when they display a screen resolution less than the screen's maximum
resolution. That is why it's not a good idea to operate them at other
than max resolution whenever possible. Some monitors allow you to
configure it to display at a 1:1 pixel ratio using only a portion of the
screen. It's the display trying to operate at a pixel ratio of 1.5:1
that causes bluring.
This ViewSonic (VP2365WB) pivots. Pivoting wasn't supported by the G5's
video card, but is by my current MacBook. And, like I said, when
connected by VGA, it had strange horizontal lines running across the
screen, as if the backlite tubes could be individually detected behind
the pixels. Don't know what caused this, really. Perhaps it's too big a
monitor to be handled by VGA. (I think it's 23 inches.)
I have a 20" monitor that has a resolution of 1600 x 1200. When I
connected it by DVI it had problems with the display breaking up
periodically. But using VGA it works fine.
Your problem might be a matter of the VGA cable. I've seen cheaper
cables really blur the display (although I don't recall them causing
horizontal lines.
I love my ADC monitor, by the way, an early acrylic-framed LCD 20" from
Apple. I have it attached to my G5, in tandem with my aluminum-framed
Apple Cinema Display, also 20". You can get 15 and 17-inch acrylic Apple
LCDs cheap on eBay, sometimes on the LEM swap list. I bought both my 20"
Apple displays on the swap list. Good deals. Just as much as a new
ViewSonic, but quite lovely.
I just picked up a used Dell 1280x1024 monitor at a flea market for $20.
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